Crysis 3 Alpha Testing Nov. 2nd through Nov. 9th...

[Hameister]

I always find it a little frustrating, when ever I hear some one say...."games can barely use 2 cores, much less 4".

For that reason, I thought this might be worth posting. As you can see, the minimum requirements are 2 cores, with the recommended requirments at least 4 cores. I'll let you know what I see when I get this set up, but I'm guessin' it will utilize all 6 cores on my CPU.

 

[OS-Wiz]

Geez, I sat on my azz for a day after you told me about the Alpha and missed out! Anyway, I'll warn ya, alpha testing can be problematic, but at least you'll have a good idea about the game. Let us know how it goes please.

 

[Hameister]

Geez, I sat on my azz for a day after you told me about the Alpha and missed out! Anyway, I'll warn ya, alpha testing can be problematic, but at least you'll have a good idea about the game. Let us know how it goes please.

You didn't miss out on much, as far as I'm concerned. I hope the finished game is far better than this.

1) Excruciatingly long load times....45 seconds not uncommon, and I'm using an SSD that's reading data at 540 mb/s.

2) Graphics are dark, monotone, 2 dimensional, and boring. It tells me that DX11 is activated, but I see no signs for Tessellation, or any other DX11 eye candy.

3) The game crashed twice in a 20 minute time period. Required Ctrl+Alt+Delete, to bring up Task Manager, in order to close the game, and re-start.

4) SLI profile is not activated. Game is utilizing only a single card.

5) I'll play with it some more, and follow up again.

 

[Hameister]

Still not fun....after you see one scene, you've seen them all.

All areas very similar. Dark, and brooding, no color....the same "feeling" I got with Doom3. I'm just not enjoying it at all.

I'm done.....maybe the Beta will be better???


EDIT: I see Crysis 3 Alpha keys are being given away here... http://www.tweaktown.com/news/26509..._being_given_away_by_nvidia_and_ea/index.html